Flintoff at the helm as selectors take injury risk again

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FLINTOFF to captain; all the walking wounded to travel; reserves for all of them to keep sharp and at the ready in Western Australia. To no one’s real surprise, these were the conclusions made by the England selectors before the results of their multifarious deliberations were revealed at the Brit Oval yesterday afternoon, exactly a year after the Ashes were won back after 18 years and eight barren series.

Four years ago, England’s selectors took a gamble with the fitness of Andrew Flintoff, Darren Gough, Michael Vaughan and Simon Jones and paid a heavy price, both because Flintoff and Gough